Quantum Computing for Your Classroom is an activity focused, self-paced course designed to help educators integrate an exciting new field into their physics and computer science classrooms. This course seeks to help bridge that gap by providing activities and knowledge of quantum computing that high school educators can integrate into their existing classrooms, providing the children of today with the future proof skills needed for tomorrow.

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Quantum computing is one of the primary emerging new technologies of our time. Currently there is an “understanding gap” between scientists engaged in research and the business community looking to transition research to commercialization.

What you'll learn
Intro & Welcome

Instructor Introduction

Overview of course

Content

Structure and Navigation

Module 1: Nature of Computation

Core Idea: Throughout history humans have utilized various physical phenomena to perform computations

The history and evolution of computers

Looking at past inventions and investigating the underlying physical phenomena which allows them to function

Ex:, Abacus, Sundial, Thermostat, Slide Rule

Module 2: Classical Computing

Core Idea: Classical computers utilize electricity and bits to perform digital math and logic calculations in a general-purpose way

Representing information as digital bits

Utilizing electricity and digital circuits to perform computation

Types of problems and time differences needed to solve them

Module 3: Quantum Phenomena

Core Idea: Identifying the features of quantum systems

Evolution of the atomic model

Understanding wavefunctions, interference, superposition and entanglement in quantum systems

Module 4: Quantum Computers

Core Idea: Quantum phenomena can be utilized for the purposes of computation

How quantum computers utilize quantum physics to solve problems

Bloch Sphere

Quantum problems

What types of problems can quantum computers solve

Quantum Logic

How quantum gates are formed, and how this can be used to solve computational problems